May 17, 2012

Thirty-one percent (31%) of voters nationwide regard the overall Supreme Court as being too politically liberal, while 27% see it as too conservative. Another 32% say the court’s ideology is about right....

My worry is not so much the kinds of rulings that the court is making now as it is the kinds of rulings it will make in the future. The current 4-1-4 makeup is too close for comfort. For example - I'm happy to see the Court affirm that the Constitution's 2nd Amendment means that citizens have an individual right to keep and bear arms. I'm not happy that it was 5-4, and we were one vote away from having that taken away. We need to bolster the makeup of the court so that votes like that are more like 7-2 (I suppose 9-0 is too much to hope for).

While it's true that this blog never has anything valid or worthwhile on it, your constant posts about polls conducted by Rasmussen Reports is just downright embarrassing. I'm ashamed that the flagship university in my home state is apparently paying your salary.

Today the 5th vote is all that matters. We are being ruled by the whim of Anthony Kennedy.

But if Obama gets reelected, the court will likely become Kangeroo approval stamp for a rewritten Constitution for a Royal Reign. Restoration of the Monarchy worked for Charles II after Cromwell had done the religious right tap dance during his version of ruling England.

I want to see if Romney names Gingrich as a Justice? Newt could write some way out opinions that even the Professor would struggle to comprehend.

The SC generally gets it right. I think W was about the worst president we've ever had, but I don't fault the SC rulings in the 2000 election. They make the calls and so far I've never had a reason to not stand by my SCOTUS.

While it's true that this blog never has anything valid or worthwhile on it, your constant posts about polls conducted by Rasmussen Reports is just downright embarrassing. I'm ashamed that the flagship university in my home state is apparently paying your salary.

I assume your home state is embarrassed enough that it produced the likes of you.

My beef with Obama's nominees? Both seem intellectually incurious to an extreme and come across as being, well, dullards.

I'm ashamed that the flagship university in my home state is apparently paying your salary.

You've got a brawling state supreme court, an absurd recall election wasting millions of dollars, and Lori "Don't Go" Berquam as a Dean of Students, but a Rasmussen-citing lawprof is what embarrasses you?

It's just so damning how few people in the media are pro-life. I mean, Scott Rasmussen is a Republican and he's useless.

That poll question is the mark of a lazy thinker. He just assumes we can't be killing any babies because the authorities wouldn't do that sort of thing.

What a glib fucking Teen Beat poll that is. Why not ask us which Justice is the grooviest?

The Supreme Court is the institution that has defined people as sub-human, and has a 95% kill rate on babies that are handicapped. We're removing the "anomalies" from our society.

Why not poll on the rightness of that?

Why not ask people if the Supreme Court does a good job protecting free speech, or gun rights, or racial equality? At least that would be specific. I think the Supreme Court has done an excellent job on all that stuff.

Or you could ask ordinary citizens if a baby in the womb is a person or is property. You know, that Roe v. Wade case that has infuriated millions of Americans. What about that question, Rasmussen?